Utah has 15 private and 7 public 4-year colleges that enroll 18,029 first-year students yearly. The average tuition of public colleges is $18,286 for in-state students and $31,212 for out-of-state and international students.

Private colleges in Utah charge around $19,521 per year in tuition regardless of residency.

In the 2021-2022 academic year, Utah provided $13.3 million in financial aid to 4,688 students who enrolled in 4-year colleges for the first time as undergraduates. In addition, the colleges themselves awarded $97.7 million in grants and scholarships to 16,238 students.

Utah receives 1.1% of the total pell grant the federal government allocates. In the 2021-2022 academic year, 6,647 4-year college first-year undergraduates were awarded a total amount of $34.5 million in pell grant ($4,677 per student on average), and 6,108 students received a total amount of $33.6 million in the form of student loans from the federal government ($5,698 per student on average).